"The head is still there!"

The short giraffe nodded.

"I'm telling you, that man is a pervert. He just used a knife to saw off the head of the corpse piece by piece."

Xia Zhining opened her eyes wide. The murderer was actually beheaded on the spot in the tiger park!

"The man was laughing while he was cutting off heads."

"We giraffes sleep standing up. I was so scared that I could only pretend to be asleep." The short giraffe now felt cold.

"My legs went weak watching this. I was really afraid that man would notice something was wrong!"

Xia Zhining took out the pencil and sketchbook she carried with her from her backpack.

Xia Zhining's father started to teach her to draw since she was young, drawing the skeletal structures of various animals so that she could better learn veterinary medicine.

Xia Zhining is now very good at painting, especially at painting portraits of people and animals.

She originally planned to draw portraits of the animals in the zoo so that she could get to know the zoo's staff better.

"Did you get a clear look at the murderer's face when he was cleaning the scene?"

A giraffe's eyes are located high on both sides of its head, giving it a very wide field of view, almost like a 360-degree camera.

"I see! He took off his cap to wipe his sweat!"

The short giraffe replied, "His skin isn't as white as yours, but it's not too dark either. His nose isn't as tall as yours; it's a flat nose."

"His eyes aren't as big as yours, Director. Your eyes are like a deer's, and that man's eyes are like the Tibetan foxes in the garden, narrow as a slit..."

The tall giraffe next to it suddenly raised its long leg and kicked it: "You look stupid, but after just a few words, you're already trying to curry favor with the director!"

The short giraffe looked aggrieved: "I didn't, that's the truth."

"The new principal is so pretty, like a fairy."

The tall giraffe got angry and slapped it with its tail: "Still flattering me!"

Xia Zhining watched the interaction between the two giraffes and burst out laughing.

"Don't worry, I treat every animal the same."

Xia Zhining couldn't help but wonder about the relationship between the two giraffes: "Are you brothers?"

The tall giraffe denied it: "No, we are not related by blood, we are just ordinary colleagues."

Hurt flashed in the short giraffe's eyes: "Aren't we just melon-eating companions?"

Xia Zhining understood that the two giraffes were work partners for cricket tourists, but the taller one was more arrogant.

She then asked, "How tall is the murderer?"

The tall giraffe quickly answered: "It's a head shorter than the fence of the tiger park."

Xia Zhining walked to the fence of the tiger park and roughly measured it. "The murderer is about 1.7 meters tall."

Xia Zhining kept asking the two giraffes for details and gradually completed the portrait of the murderer.

An hour later, a portrait of a man with a square face, small eyes and a flat nose appeared on the drawing paper.

Xia Zhining showed the portrait to the two giraffes and asked, "Do you think this is the man?"

The two giraffes lowered their heads to look at the portrait in Xia Zhining's hand.

Short Giraffe: "Fuck, it seems like it!"

The tall giraffe was eager to show off in front of the leader, and he blurted out all the four-character phrases he had heard over the years: "Director, you are truly a master painter, a master stroke of genius, a master brush, a master stroke of genius, a master stroke of genius..."

"Oh no, it's exhilarating!"

"Stop, stop, stop." Xia Zhining laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. This flattery was a little too strong.

"So where did the man take the head after he cut it off?"

Tall Giraffe: "He wrapped the skull in plastic wrap, put it back in the bag, and started cleaning up the scene."

Xia Zhining quickly asked the most crucial question: "Which route did he take to leave the zoo?"

The tall giraffe said in an awkward tone: "If we go west, we won't be able to see what's next..."

Xia Zhining hurriedly asked, "Are there any other small animals that know the whereabouts of this murderer?"

The tall giraffe recalled: "Yes, yes. Didn't the crow that often comes to our trough to drink water also follow this man?"

The short giraffe nodded: "It wants to eat the brains and eyeballs of the corpse~"

Xia Zhining felt uneasy when she heard this, but she also expressed her understanding.

Crows are omnivores that feed primarily on dead animals, picking at the softer parts of the carcass first, such as the eyes and brain.

Xia Zhining's eyes lit up: "Where does this crow you're talking about live? Can we find it now?"

Tall Giraffe: "It lives on the biggest birch tree on the road you came from."

Xia Zhining put away her pencil and sketchbook, and stroked the giraffe's neck as it tilted toward her. "Thank you for the clue, it's very helpful!"

"I'll give you some extra food tomorrow!"

Soon, Xia Zhining found the largest birch tree that the giraffes mentioned.

"Little Crow, are you okay?"

Xia Zhining held up the murderer's portrait in her hand and asked, "Do you know where he threw the head?"

The tree was silent and there was no reaction.

Strange, the giraffe said that all the crows are home at this time.

Xia Zhining blinked. Could it be that she came empty-handed without bringing any gift?

Thinking that crows like shiny and reflective things, Xia Zhining took out his pocket and found that he still had a one-yuan coin left.

She threw the coin onto the ground, making a crisp "ding-dong" sound.

Xia Zhining waited for several minutes, but there was no movement.